Anoplophora chiangi Hua & Zhang, 1991

Bi, Wen-Xuan, Chen, Chang-Chin & Ohbayashi, Nobuo, 2020, Notes on the poorly known Anoplophora species, with description of one new species from South China (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), Zootaxa 4853 (2), pp. 265-274 : 266

Anoplophora chiangi Hua & Zhang, 1991

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Anoplophora chiangi Hua & Zhang, 1991: 76 , 77, fig. 1. Type locality: Hunan, China.

Anoplophora chiangi: Hua, 2002: 194 ; Lingafelter & Hoebeke, 2002: 48, pl. 23f, map 2; Löbl & Smetana, 2010: 277; Bi & N. Ohbayashi, 2015: 295, fig. 11; Lin & Yang, 2019: 294.

Type material examined. Holotype, female, “ Hunan, Sangzhixian, Tianpingshan, 81.VII.10, Zhang Xian-Kai ” ( SYSU).

Other material examined. 1 male, Guizhou, Jiangkou, Fanjingshan , 1,643 m, 2009.VI.28, leg. Xiao-Dong Yang ( CCCC) ; 1 female, ditto except 1,775 m, 2011.VII, leg. Xiao-Dong Yang ( CCCC) ; 1 male, ditto except 2016. VII.23-27, leg. Yu-Tang Wang ( CCCC) ; 1 female, ditto except 1,600 m, 2008.VI.30. leg. W.-I Chou ( EUMJ) ; 1male, 1 female, ditto except 2009.VII.16–18, leg. W.-S. Lin ( IZAS) .

Complementary description. Male ( Fig. 4 ). Body length 25.5–26.9 mm, humeral width 9.4–9.6 mm. General appearance similar to the female described by Hua & Zhang (1991). Body slightly slenderer. Antenna about 1.8 times of body length. Legs relatively longer and thicker. Endophallus in everted condition as shown in Bi & N. Ohbayashi (2015, Fig. 11 ), almost identical to Anoplophora sidereal sp. nov. as described below.

Distribution. China: Hunan, Guizhou (new Province record).

Remarks. The male of this species is reported for the first time, although its endophallus was illustrated in Bi & N. Ohbayashi (2015, Fig. 11 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Habitus of Anoplophora spp. 1–3, Anoplophora siderea Bi, Chen & N. Ohbayashi, sp. nov.; 4, A. chiangi Hua & Zhang, 1991; 5, A similis (Gahan, 1900); 6, A. ankangensis (Chiang, 1981). 1, from Xingan County, Guangxi; 2, from Jinxiu County, Guangxi; 3, from Ruyuan County, Guangdong. 1, 2, 4–6, Male; 3, female.

FIGURES 10–15. Endophallus of Anoplophora spp. 10, Anoplophora siderea Bi, Chen & Ohbayashi, sp. nov. (a: the rod-like sclerite of apical bulb, dorsal view); 11, A. similis (Gahan, 1900); 12, A. ankangensis (Chiang, 1981); 13, A. cheni Bi & N. Ohbayashi, 2015; 14, A. multimaculata (Xie & Wang, 2015); 15, A. flavomaculata (Gressitt, 1935).